Watch a Pacific Rim Jaeger Use a Cargo Ship Like a Baseball Bat

First off, this new Pacific Rim trailer has a giant robot (aka Jaeger) using a cargo ship like a baseball bat to bash in a kaiju’s head. That should be enough to make anyone want to press “play.”

However, should that not be enough, please be advised that this trailer, which premiered at WonderCon also gives a lot more details about the actual story of Pacific Rim. Whereas previous clips have touted the invasion of the alien kaiju from another realm and the subsequent butt-kicking from the Jaegers, this one explains more about the war between the two worlds. “If you want to stop them, you have to understand them,” says Charlie Day’s Dr. Newton Geiszler (aka the presumed smart guy who gets it). “Their sole purpose was to aim for the populated areas and take out the vermin – us.” We also learn that Jaegers, which Day’s character calls “2,500 hundred tons of awesome,” are piloted by two people who mind-meld with each other and the ‘bot through some sort of magic goo that’s put in their helmets (we think?).

Basically, this trailer for director Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming monster summer movie is here to demonstrate that the flick won’t be all sizzle and no steak – there’s meat to this thing. There’s also longtime del Toro collaborator Ron Perlman, who still has yet to speak in any footage from the film but at least shows up in this clip to look tough as hell. Want more? Just wait. Pacific Rim hits theaters July 12.